Which of the following correctly expresses the relative position of Mean, Median and mode?

1. Mean > Median > Mode

2. Mode > Median >Mean

3. Mean < Median< Mode

Only 1 and 3

The correct answer is option 3: Only 1 and 3

The relative magnitude of the three are  Mean > Median > Mode or

 Mean < Median< Mode (suffixes occurring in alphabetical order).

The median is always between the arithmetic mean and the mode.